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the varieties, except unicolor have a dark purplish eye, 
almost black. For house culture, baskets and vases 
there are few plants superior to the Thunbergia. We 
have seen them used very effectively in beds, pegged 
down. 
Thunbergia Bakeri, pure white, very fine, ... 10 
alata, yellow or buff, with dark eye,. 10 
alata unicolor, yellow,. io 
aurantiaca, bright orange, with dark eye, ... io 
aurantiaca unicolor, bright orange. io 
Above mixed,. io 
TROP^OLUM. 
The Tropaolum majus, or Nasturtiums, arc among 
our very cleanest and prettiest and best Climbers. They 
require but little care, for seed sown in the spring of the 
year in any fair garden soil will produce plants ten or 
twelve feet in height before autumn. They do not re¬ 
quire even a rich soil, for a rich soil is apt to be produc¬ 
tive ofleaves rather than flowers. They bear hot and 
dry weather very welt, and we believe are not troubled’ 
by any insect, for the stems and leaves contain a pun¬ 
gent juice they do not like. In some places young 
shoots are used as a salad, and the seed pods arc con¬ 
sidered a very good substitute for Cress. There are 
several varieties, differing as well in the color of the 
foliage as in the flowers. The leaves of some are very 
light transparent green, while in others they arc very dark, 
almost purplish. The flowers are of almost all shades 
of yellow, scarlet, striped and spotted. The climbing 
Tropacolum is an excellent plant for baskets, vases, &c., 
and can even be used for bedding by pegging down the 
branches occasionally, and training the plants so as to 
cover the entire bed. If leaves seem too numerous so 
as to hide the flowers they can be picked off. Our en¬ 
gravings show the flower of Tropacolum majus nearly 
natural size, the plant trained on trellis and single pole 
Also that pretty little variety Tropacolum peregrinum. 
commonly known as the Canary Flower. 
Tropaeolum majus, atropurpureum, crimson, . 5. 
coccineum, scarlet, . 5 
Dunnett’s Orange, dark orange,. 5 
Edward Otto, bronze, silky and glittering, . . 5 
Scheuerianum, straw color, striped with brown, 5 
Scheuerianum coccineum, scarlet, striped, 5. 
Schulzii, brilliant scarlet,. 5 
luteum, yellow,. 5 
Common mixed; the green seed pods used for 
pickles; per oz. 15 cents, . 5. 
peregrinum, (Canary Flower,. 15 
Tropceolutn Lobbianum is a pretty, but somewhat 
delicate class, very free bloomers, and desirable for 
house culture in pots or baskets. 
Lobbianum, mixed varieties,. 15 
Caroline Smith, spotted, . 20 
Lilli Smith, orange scarlet, . 20- 
Napoleon III, yellow, striped with vermiiion, 20 
Giant of Battles, brilliant carmine, . 2c 
Queen Victoria, vermilion, scarlet striped, 20- 
